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| look sharp |
look very nice, very well dressed and groomed
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She looks very sharp in her new suit-like a model!
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| look the other way |
try not to notice, turn the other way
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The officer saw the liquor, but he looked the other way.
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| look up a dead horse's ass [B] |
do a worthless task, do a pointless exercise, pissing into the wind
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If they want a tax-free society, they may as well be looking up a dead horse's ass!
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| look up to |
admire, idolize
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Ian looks up to his brother. He respects James a lot.
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| look up/look it up |
find it in a book
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Please look up the word guru.
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| looking up |
(See things are looking up)
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| loonie |
Canadian one-dollar coin
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I bought this rose for one loonie!
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| loony bin |
mental hospital, nut house
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If you ride that giraffe downtown they'll put you in the loony bin.
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| looped |
drunk, loaded, smashed
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You were looped last night. You don't remember what happened.
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| loose cannon |
(See a loose cannon)
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